Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Sherwood, Illinois, kids teeth are rotting despite fluoridation

Fluoridation is state mandated in Illinois. Dr. Gina Mueller, a Shorewood dentist, said she’s not surprised when she sees young children coming in her office with six or eight or even a dozen cavities. It seems like the past few years, she said, it’s becoming more common for toddlers to develop a mouth-ful of cavities even before their first dental checkup.

“It’s almost more surprising to see a kid without cavities,” she said.

Her fellow dentists at Shorewood Family Dental Center say they are observing the same trend, and they are not alone.

Kids' Teeth Rotting in fluoridated Lebanon, New Hampshire

Valley News ~ Full Story: [fluoridated] Lebanon, NH -- When Dr. Dianna Baker tells kids to open up and say “ah,” she's rarely surprised to see at least one rotting tooth.

Often, it's worse. She's seen children, most of them under the age of 5, who needed general anesthesia before getting teeth pulled. She's seen kids go to the hospital emergency room because their mouths were causing them so much pain.

Baker isn't a dentist; she's a pediatric resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. But the problems she's seen in her patients’ mouths have convinced her that oral health cannot be left to the dentistry profession alone to address.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Kids & Cavities: A Rising Trend | Medical News and Health Information

Durham, NC is fluoridated: "Every new patient is coming in with a mouth full of cavities," Martha Ann Keels, DDS, Ph.D., Pediatric dentist at Duke University Medical Center told Ivanhoe.

Kids & Cavities: A Rising Trend | Medical News and Health Information: More than one-fourth of children between ages two and five suffer from tooth decay in the U.S. Half of kids between ages 12 and 15 have it. The problem has become so bad that many kids need surgery to have their numerous cavities filled. We have more on how you can stop it in your kids

More than 3,000 Patients Get $1.75 Million in Free Dental Care at Record-setting WDA Mission of Merc - 7/2/2012

A record $1.75 million in charitable dental care was provided to 3,043 children and adults during 3,595 patient visits at the fourth Wisconsin Dental Association and WDA Foundation Mission of Mercy held June 29 and 30 at the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis.

Individuals and families facing barriers to care on a daily basis sought treatment at this event – the largest charitable dental clinic ever staged in the United States. The first patient arrived 21 hours in advance and slept in a lawn chair overnight outside of the clinic entrance. Doors opened at 5:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday with care concluding around 5:30 p.m. both days.